Many years ago, one of my friends and I purchased 40 acres of land not far from Wilmington, North Carolina, with the intention of starting a small chicken farm. In need of a house, we employed an old colored man...
Now that I can look back across the years, from the so-called vantage point of experience and two world wars, extensive travel and contact with many outstanding personalities, it gives me a great deal of reassurance to know that way...
What I believe is not a matter of high-flown language; it is an operational problem related to how I try to live with my family, my friends, and my society. I believe that I must govern my life by reason...
The title of this program has a very special meaning for me. I remember vividly how, as a high school boy, I once expressed skepticism about a point made by one of my teachers. He was a very wise man,...
To believe in something is one thing, but trying to explain it is entirely different. Exposing my innermost thoughts calls for courage. The late Al Smith was author of a great saying: “Let’s look at the record.” Knowing Al Smith...
It is strange how certain things make a great impression on us in childhood. I remember these verses by Longfellow: "Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou are, to dust returneth, Was...
